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44 WILLIAMS ON OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF MARITIME AND WATERWAYS ENGINEERING DIVISION MEETING 27 October, 1953 Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Edwards, Member, Chairman of the Division, in the Chair The following Paper was presented for discussion and, on the motion of the Chairman, the thanks of the Division were accorded to the Author. Maritime Paper No. 24 cc Overhaul and Repair of Lock Gates in the Port of London ” bY John Thomas Williams, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C...

CORRESPONDENCE 379 CORRESPONDENCE on a Paper published in Proceedings, Part 11, February 1954 Maritime Paper No. 24 `I Overhaul and Repair of Lock Gates in the Port of London " t by John Thomas Williams, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E. Correspondence Mr D. E. Glover observed, with regard to a system of maintenance, that dock gates appeared to be a difficult subject for the medium-term maintenance-contract system. The Author had hinted atthat when stating thatdifficulty had been experienced in making as much progress as desired during the early stages of the work...

88 DISCUSSION ON OVERHAUL REPAIR 0)' AND Discussion The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to theAuthor, said that those responsible for the maintenance of dock gates realized that that was not just another branch of engineering but was, in many ways, a science of its own-especially in viewof the costs involved. As an example, the contract figure for a pair of gates built in 1945 had been f38,759, and the cost of the site-work f15,761, making a total of f54,520. A current contract, let within the past few months, for a pair `of gates of similar size, showed a big difference...

OBITUARY Campion (then Chief Civil Engineer), responsiblefor the controlof 5336 miles' of track, of which 1776 miles were electrified, and for maintenance of permanent way supplies from Redbridge and Angerstein Works (Greenwich)and concrete articles from Exmouth Junction. He visited Cuba in 1954 to advise on the overhaul of Occidentales Railway and a year later represented British Rail on the Permanent Way Sub-Committee of the International Union of Railways. He also served on numerous committees. Mr Rock retired from British Rail's Southern Region in December 1965, and later took on part-time consulting work...

KIGG OS REPAIRS TO DOCK WALLS: [Selected (Paper No. 3618.) `(Repairs t o Dock Walls." By FREDERICK RIGG, JAMES Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. THE Humber dock a t Hull, which wasopened in 1809, was built with its walls battered on the face to a uniform radius of 66 feet, the sheet-piling at the toe being about 8 feet in front of the coping. This profile was no doubt well suited to vessels of a century ago, but modern steamers, almost rectangular in midship-section and fitted with fenders and rolling-chocks, chafed the face of the wall to such an extent thata general overhaul was decided upon...

NEWS N15 these); and the exchange of views on "registration".Manyothermatters were,ofcourse,discussed, as will appear when the Resolutions and Recommendations are published. The Constitution itself requires overhaul in the light of changing Commonwealth conditions,and of the encouragement that hasbeen given by Joint Oversea Groups in the setting up of new national engineering societies. A committee to examine this was set up under the Chairmanship of Sir George McNaughton. TheInstitution of Chemical Engineers and theInstitution of Engineers (Federation of Malaya) wereelected to membershipof the Conference. The Mr W...

Papers.] BERRIDCE OX LADDER DREDGERS. 421 `L The Economics of Ladder Dredgers and Steam Hoppers." By I ~ R O L D BERRIDCE, Inst. C.E. &I. hFORAfATION relating dredging to olwrations and appliancus is for rarely complete, many items essential the purposes of comparison being omitted, while statements as to costs are often misleading. Clearly the true cost of dredging cannot be arrived a t by dividing t h e working-costs for a month or two by the output, as general 1 overhauls, interest on capital, sinking-fund charges, and idle time must all receive consideration...

Papere.] TITONAS ON s L I e w A y AT TUCACAS, VENEZUELA. 345 (Paper No. 3511.) " Slipway at Tucacas, Venezuela." By ARTHUR DREW THOMAS, Inst. C.E. M. INconnection with the Bolivar Railway, a line of about 100 miles i n length, between thecity of Barquisimeto and theport of Tucacas, a small coasting-steamer capable of carrying 2,600 sacks of coffee plies between the coast terminus of the railway and the town of Puerto Cabello. The waters of the Caribbean Sea being particularly prejudicial in their effect on ships' bottoms, vessels navigating in thislocalityrequireconstantattention,andthe Railway Company formerlysenttheir steamers periodicallyto Barbados, or to Martinique, to be cleaned, painted and thoroughly overhauled...

Paper No. 6507 THE IMPACT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ON THE BFUTISH RAILWAYS MODERNIZATION PLAN John Frederick Harrison, M.1.Mech.E. Chief Mechanical Engineer, British Railways Central Staff, BritishTransport Commission Third of five Papers for discussion at a Joint Meeting with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and theInstitution of Electrical Engineers on Wednesday and Thursday, 3 and 4 May, 1961, and for subsequent written discussion SYNOPSIS Part 1 of the Paper,dealingwith the widespread introduction of Diesel traction on British Railways, outlines the policy towards standardization and limitation of locomotive types subsequent the pilot orders placed widely over to the Britishlocomotiveindustry...